JRC supplementary research programme 1992-1996: HFR research reactor
The Commission submitted on 31 July 1991 a proposal for a Council Decision adopting a 4-year supplementary research programme (Euratom) for the operation of the HFR (high flux) research reactor in Petten (NL), to be implemented by the Joint Research Centre starting on 1 January 1992 (COM(91) 281). The principal objective of the programme is the safe and efficient operation of the facility for more than 250 days/year in a wide scope of topical sectors (irradiation testing of materials for fission and fusion reactors, neutron applications to solid state physics and materials sciences investigations, radioisotope production, etc.). The funds estimated as necessary for the execution of the programme amount to ECU 79 million, of which ECU 69 million for exploitation costs to be shared equally by Germany and the Netherlands, and ECU 10 million to be contributed by Germany for the preparation of experiments. Experimental work to be carried out directly by the Netherlands is valued by the Commission at ECU 10 million.